Leroy Andrews

Military

35 combat missions and 2 other missions7



Air Medal w/7 Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct, EAME Ribbon

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Units served with

Aircraft

Missions

693

  • Date: 30 October 1944

685

  • Date: 22 October 1944

683

  • Date: 19 October 1944

681

  • Date: 17 October 1944
The flak damaged nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress of the 398th Bomb Group. Printed caption on reverse: '54600 AC- England- 1st lt Lawrence M De Lancey, Corvallis, Oregon, landed this B-17 safely after its nose was literally shot away by flak over Cologne, Germany. Please Credit: Official US Air Force Photo.' Printed caption on image: 'This B-17 landed safely after losing its nose to flak. US AAF Photo.' Handwritten caption on reverse: '43-38172 of 398th BG.'

678

  • Date: 15 October 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wataug, Tennessee 19 August 1924

Died

9 June 1990

Buried

Alexandria, Virginia

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / son